Ysabel Governor of Sonora flees to Southern California
Morning Journal reports from Mexico City that Sonora Governor Ysabel fled south to California amid political tension after the Cannava strike. Diaz praised his actions in a presidential message while opponents planned impeachment but did not pursue. Ysabel travels with his daughter to enroll her in school as Vice President Corral and other officials see him off.
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Morning Journal
Mexico City
Mex
Los Angeles
Ysabel
Sonora
California
Diaz
Congress
Ysake Ils
Corral
Fire destroys Chamber of Commerce building in Kansas City
A late night blaze at the Chamber of Commerce building in Kansas City kansas City Riverview district gutting a four story brick and stone structure left more than a dozen injured and at least one dead. Fire officials report 20 people missing with fears of higher death toll as flames trapped residents on upper floors and miraculous escapes were recounted.
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Morning Journal
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Park and Central Streets
Riverview
Thomas Hunter
Patrick Morley
A. Ho West
Frank Hetar
J. B. Buckhalster
Buck
M. H. McCall
A. J. Jackson
Chulljing
Halle
Frank Betar
Wilson
Escanme
Jesse Ford
John Sparks
Gasoline Explosion Destroys Denver Hospital Building
A fire at St Anthony's hospital in Denver caused 850000 damage to the Boker House, destroying electrical heat and light systems and the hospital laundry. Patients were endangered as an air explosion preceded the flames, likely from a bursting gasoline can in a boiler room.
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Denver
Qhet
Boker
St Anthony's Hospital
New Transcontinental Railroad in Mexico
Mexico City October 24 Imparcial the official organ of the Mexican government says tomorrow that the Tehuantepec railroad will be inaugurated the first of the month with elaborate ceremonies The railroad project is a favorite idea of President Ding and in an interview with a representative of the Associated Press the president said he believed the line would advance civilization for many years to come as would the Panama Canal and would attract a large volume of commerce after completion of the canal
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Imparcial
Govermment
Ding
Policyholders Demand Division of Assets in Traders Insurance Case
In Chicago on Oct 24, 2004 200 non resident policyholders filed an intervening petition in Coos county circuit court over the Traders Insurance Companys estate. They claim the receiver has only adjusted a few losses from the San Francisco earthquake and fire, alleging he has been ordered to raise legal objections. The petition notes California law holds stockholders liable for losses to their stock subscriptions and asks the court to set a filing time for claims and have all company assets collected and distributed to creditors.
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Chicago
Traders’ Insurance Company
Coos County
San Francisco
California
Five Years in Prison for Killing Lunatic at Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky Fred Harris former attendant at the eastern Kentucky lunatic asylum is found guilty of murder in the case involving Fred Ketterer a former patient. Punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary. Adams Claggett charged. Champion at large. In Chicago at the American Railway association meeting the committee's recommendation to increase the thickness of Hanges in cast iron wheels by one eighth inch is adopted, standardizing wheels nationwide. Dantel Willard elected vice president. other officers retain posts.
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Lexington
Fred Harris
Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum
Fred Ketterer
Pharis
Daniel Adams
Jim Claggett
Richard Champion
Adams
Claggett
Champion
Chicago
American Railway Association
Western Car Builders’ Association
American Railroad Association
Dantel Willard
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Troops to Reinforce Utes Battle Line from Fort Meade
A World Herald dispatch from Deadwood reports orders issued at Fort Meade to send six troops of cavalry to reinforce forces already moving from Fort Robinson to compel Utes in Wyoming back to their reservation General Greeley in Omaha tonight confirms troops ordered from Fort Meade to Wyoming.
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World Herald
Deadwood
Fort Meade
Fort Robinson
Wyoming
Greeley
Apache delegation to Washington seeks release of Geronimo and band
A delegation asked Washington to free Geronimo and his band held at Fort Sill Oklahoma. They were partially successful as the War Department promised a definite decision after Secretary Art's personal study of the situation and a planned visit to Fort Sill.
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Geronimo Lawren Orie Bet
Washington
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Okla
War Department
Art
Port Sill
Three Die In Martje Vegro Blizzard Near Santa Fe
News from Santa Fe NM reports the first fatalities from a great blizzard in New Mexico. Senora Guadalupita B Mares and her two children died Monday crossing the Rio Grande near the San Ildefonso Pueblo as their wagon overturned in deep icy water. The mother’s body was recovered, the children’s bodies swept downriver.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Senora Guadalupita B. Mares
Round Mountain
Rio Grande
San Ildefonso
Hartje divorce case witness denies perjury claims
Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, respondent in a high profile divorce, testified for the commonwealth in Clifford Hope perjury proceedings. She denied intimacy allegations and was corroborated by her parents and former household staff as trial continued with stenographer Charles Fullwood and tension in court. Edward Ray, another witness, described Hope traveling through Ohio after the deposition.
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iMy Morning Journal
Pittsburg
Mary Scott Hartje
Augustus Hartje
Commonwealth
Clifford Hope
Hartje
Hope
J. F. Scott
Charles T. Fullwood
Moorish Rebels Menace Tangier and Arzilla
Tangier reports deepen as Arzilla is seized by Bendares tribesmen and the pasha’s villa is looted. Raisuli the bandit seeks revenge against Moroccan authorities after the Perdicaris kidnapping, prompting doubled city patrols and a diplomatic protest from foreign envoys. Albert L. Breeding named postmaster at Texico, New Mexico.
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Tangier
Merecco
Arzeila
Bendares
Raisuli
Lon Perdicaris
Gummers
Mohammed el Torres
Arzilla
Raisull
Threaten to dynamite train prompted armed dummy run
An anonymous letter demanded 5000 dollars or the passenger train would be blown up. Lake Shore officials sent a dummy train with armed men to stop near Pine Millar Indiana. Aetna powder works workers were arrested after a nitroglycerin bottle was found in their room. Police and marshals pursue the bandit ring while the railroad traps are set. tonea Kas and Port Arthur Ont reports follow.
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Lake Shore Road
Indiana
Wilson
United States
Pine Millar
Aetna
Aetna Powder Works
Limited Express
Pine
Seven Men Killed in Cambria Steel Mine Explosion
An explosion at Cambria Steel Company's rolling mill mine near Dollums town Cambria County Pa killed seven men and injured two. The dead include an American named Sampson Luther, with others believed to be foreigners. The blast occurred in heading No 29 near the Klondyke section. officials say gas ignition is suspected and the mine will reopen tomorrow. Eight men were reportedly trapped but later found not to be.
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Ovet
Cambria Steel Company
Associated Press
Sampson Luther
No. 29
Klondyke
Colorado River Restores Old Channel for Gulf Return
Imperial valley irrigation efforts reach success as the Colorado River is redirected back to its historic channel. The project cost one million dollars after years of obstacles, with the river breaking through banks and affecting rail lines. In related notes, Linefields reports Nicaragua’s Line and banana plantations ruined in Costa Rica, while a San Francisco editor faces libel charges over a water supply article.
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Gulf of California
Colorado River
Colorado Desert
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Malton
Southern Pacific
Bannon Plantations
Boston
United Fim Company
Limon
Port Lamon
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Little Corn Island
Perton
Bidlitor
San Francisco
E P. B Shortall
T. A. Crothers
The
Bulletin
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Shortal
Mr. Crothers
No Strike Denied by Southern Pacific at Houston Shops
Southern Pacific officials deny a machinists strike is likely at Houston shops. They note no grievances have been filed for Atlantic divisions and report voluntary wage increases around 12 percent on October 1 at Fleas Houston and Algiers. Officials say layoffs were routine and workers will be reinstated in order as demand returns.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Fleas
Al-giers
New Orleans
Pyphians Reform Insurance Laws Shaped in New Rules
New Orleans reports the Knights of Pythias supreme judge adopted major changes affecting 89 000 policy holders. The reforms raise minimum coverage to 5900, extend insured age to 60, create a new insurance class, shift to a US experience model with annual accounting and dividends, and make policies incontestable after three years. Reappointed leaders include Arthur J. Stoddard as major general of the Uniform Rank. a voice in oversight will start after the Boston convention.
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Knights of Pythias
Ineurance
Arthur J. Stoddard
St. Paul
Boston
F B Neal
Miciesgo
William Ledew
New York
M. Host
Wisconsin
Board of Control
Gould Willing to Sell Railroads to Government
George J. Gould expresses willingness to sell Wabash properties to the government if public ownership is pursued while noting opposition as a private citizen. He argues private capital manages railroads more effectively and cites past government failures. He stresses the lines are solid but not on the market.
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St. Louis
George J. Grould
Hundreds of Cattle Die in Blizzard Across Nebraska
A Nebraska blizzard stranded trains on the Alliance division and caused widespread cattle losses. Reports say near Angora hundreds drifted into a deep cut and perished, with 1,860 cattle dying from exposure. Chadron recorded eighteen inches of snow.
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Neb
Alliance
Lurtington
Coast Express
Edgemont
Angora
Chadron
President commutes manslaughter term for Hunt
Leavenworth Kas Oct 24 Prank Hunt son of a wealthy cattleman in Indian Territory had his fifteen year manslaughter sentence commuted by the president to expire November 6. He was convicted May 6 1901 for manslaughter after he and another cowboy quarreled during a roundup and Hunt killed a man. At trial he entered a plea of guilty but explained the circumstances. Conviction followed at Pauls Valley I T.
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Kas
Prank Hiunt
Indian Territory
United States
Hunt
Argent
Paul's Valley
I. T
Strauss Appointment Compliment to Jews
Jacob H. Schiff called Roosevelt to appoint Mr Strauss to a cabinet post a gratifying choice praising his qualifications and crediting the move to honor Jewish citizens of the United States. He noted the parallel French appointment of General Piquart, who backed Dreyfus, as war minister in the new cabinet.
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Roosevelt
Strauss
Jacob H. Schiff
Piquart
Dreyfus
United States
New Battleship Minnesota Excels in Trial Run at Rockland
The Minnesota, an 18 knot battleship built by Newport News, surpassed expectations with an average of 18.87 knots on standardization trials at Rockland, Maine. Its best mile reached 19.412 miles per hour before tidal corrections, and fourteen trials showed strong performance with favorable conditions. a five hour endurance run is planned tomorrow.
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Rockland
Minnesota
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Louisiana
Fail to Hold Police Chief on Felony Charge
Salt Lake City chief George A. Sheets was released after a preliminary exam on charges of compounding a felony. The case follows a $10,000 robbery of Alexander and William McWhirter by bandits. Sheets aided in recovering $1,000 but allowed the alleged robbers to depart the city. Judge Armstrong ruled the evidence insufficient to bind Sheets over to the grand jury.
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George A. Sheets
Salt Lake City
Alexander
William McWhirter
Sheets
Armatrong
Kief Sheete
Cleveland Flyer Sideswiped by Freight Wreck
An Ohio Pennsylvania line passenger train collided with a freight caboose near Bellevue station in Pittsburg reaching the scene within minutes. Five trainmen were injured but expected to recover while dozens of local passengers suffered cuts from flying glass. The wreck hurled the Cleveland Flyer down an embankment into the Ohio River.
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O&hoose
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